Wow, it’s been over a month since my last blog entry… guess I have some catching up to do! I’ll start with the trip Andrea and I took the weekend after Homage to Ice. As I mentioned in that entry we were headed down to North Carolina on Easter weekend for a week of cycling. […]
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Camper Culture in New Zealand – a Photo Gallery
I shared this in the Vanagon mailinglist I belong to as well as putting up a link on facebook. This for my friends who don’t follow either of those. The month we spent camping in New Zealand was awesome in many different ways of which a few revolved around how people use campers (or campervans […]
Devil’s Punchbowl and Castle Hill, more Arthur’s Pass
Since that windy day we’ve been enjoying some awesome east coast weather here on the south island. Hot sunny days and cool evenings that have me wishing we could have a campfire; there’s a total ban on them due to the risk of forest fires. With the storm gone we headed back into Arthur’s Pass […]
Arthur’s Pass and East
I’m jumping ahead a little in the trip as my notes from the early part of the second week are still just rough. So I’ll post some about our escape from the cold wet west coast and the delights of hiking and biking in the Cantebury high ground as well as a few other spots. […]
First Week in NZ: Full Report
I’ve been writing this offline in the evenings and now that I have some internet time (we’re parked outside the library in Hokitika) I’ll get a bunch of stuff online. I’ve just put up some photos from the museum in Auckland, here’s a little more about this first week. ———————— Getting there:It’s a long journey, […]
New Zealand, week 1
I haven’t had much time to write and even less internet access so I’ve been slow in getting any updates here. Friends on Facebook have gotten a few photos so I thought I should add some here as well. Stay tuned for more to come! Our first week consisted of two days in Auckland, a […]
A Confluence
Confluence: a coming together of people or things; concourse. A number of unrelated events have conspired to make this all happen and I’m delighted with the way things have worked out. I retired from IBM and started into this next chapter. And now that the local cycling scene is in winter mode I have downtime. […]
From First Race to Last Race
What an amazing experience this first part of my next chapter has been… from the first race in April that still had snow on the ground to a final race at Albion Hills that was a muddy cyclo-cross shortly before December began. The 2011 cycling season is now a wrap and I had a blast […]
A Westy Weekend at Watkins
How time flies! The weekend after Quebec and Montreal was back-to-back cyclocross races; the first local ones for this season. That made for a busy weekend and the early part of the week was spent getting photos online. Once that was done though, it was time to get Babe ready for another trip. This time […]
Getting Caught up: The GPC Quebec Gallery is Online
I’ve gone through the 2,150 photos I took at this race and picked a few I think are worth sharing. Here’s a gallery that I hope you’ll enjoy… try the slideshow option and let me know what you think.Next up will be the Montreal race… it was an amazing race, so stay tuned! http://kraikerphoto.com/Grand_Prix_Cycliste_de_Quebec_g269.html